Skylight.



-No. 647,IG3.

Patented Apr. l0, I900. J. SMITH.

SKYLIGHT.

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JOHN SMITH, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

SKYLIGHT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,163, dated April10, 1900.

Application filed November 22, 1898. Serial No. 697,203. (No model.)

To LLZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residingat New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Skylights or AnalogousStructures, of which the following is a specification, such as willenable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention is an improvement on that described and claimed in UnitedStates Letters Patent granted to me January 11, 1895, No. 540,821; andsaid invention relates particularly to the ventilation of skylights; andthe object thereof is to provide improved devices for this purpose; andwith these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which-- Figure 1 is aperspective view of an ordinary skylight made according to my invention;Fig. 2, a section thereof; and Fig. 3, a bottom plan view, part of theconstruction being in section, and Figs. 2 and 3 being on an enlargedscale.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at 5 anordinary skylight-frame provided at the ends and sides with hinged doors6 and 7, respectively, and the hinged doors 7 at the sides are connectedat their lower edges by a horizontal rod, bar, or similar device 8.

The frame of the skylight is preferably simi lar to that shown anddescribed in the patent hereinbefore referredto; but said frame may beconstructed in any desired manner, and comprises a suitable base orsupport 9, vertical side portions 10, a longitudinal central portion 11,and top and side supports 12 and 13, in which are placeddownwardly-inclined glass panels 14 and supplemental supports 15 and 16,in which are placed supplemental glass panels 17. The panels 141 and 17are arranged at the same inclination and are parallel in cross-section,and between said panels and their supports arespaces 18. The panels 17,which are arranged below the spaces 18 or some of them, do not extendentirely to their upper supports 15, and there are also open spaces atthe lower ends of said panels or some of them, and in the operation ofthe apparatus air passes out through the open spaces 19 and 20 and downbetween the panels 14. and 17 and out through the doorways at the sidesand also at the end doors when said end doors are employed, and thechief object of this invention is to provide means for operating saiddoors. accomplish this result, I provide the frame of the skylight orthe bottom thereof with a central transverse bar or support 21, in whichis preferably formed a longitudinal slot 22, and this central transversebar or support connects with a central vertical guide 23,which iscrossshaped in cross-section and provided with four guideways 24,arranged at right angles to each other, and 1 also preferably connectwith the rods or bars 8, as shown at 25, bars 26, with the inner ends ofwhich are connected operating rods or bars 27, which extend downwardlythrough the guideways 24; and are provided at their lower ends withrings 28, which serve as handles. The rods or bars 27 extend downwardlythrough the transverse support 21, and mounted beneath said support atone side is a locking-rod 29, which moves in a keeper 30 and which isadapted to pass through the rings 28, so as to hold the doors in aclosed position. When doors are closed, the operating devices are in theposition shown in Fig. 2, and when the rods or bars 27 are drawndownwardly the doors are swung outwardly and held in an open position.By means of the construction shown in Fig. 2 the doors 7 at one side ofthe skylight are operated separately, while by means of the constructionshown in Fig. 3 the doors on both sides and at the ends of theskylight-may be operated at the same time. In order to accomplish thisresult, I connect the rods or bars 26, which operate the side doors,with a single vertically-movable bar 31, with the upper end In order toof which is connected a horizontal bar 32, and

the end doors 6 are operated by links 33, connected with the oppositeends of the horizontal bar 32, and by pnllin g the bar 31 downwardly thedoors 7 at the opposite sides and also the end doors 6 may be opened,while by shoving said bar 31 upwardly into the posi- IOO tion of thebars 27 shown in Fig. 2 all of said doors may be closed.

It will thus be seen that by means of my invention the side doors on oneside may be separately operated or the doors on both sides and at theends jointly operated, and any suitable means may be provided forlocking the parts, so that the doors will be held in a closed position,and many changes in and modifications of the construction hereindescribed may be made without departing from the spirit of my inventionor sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A skylight provided at each side with two sets ofhorizontallyarranged inclined panels, whereby spaces between said panelsare formed, the lower panels being provided with ports or passages anddoors at the opposite sides of the skylight closing openingscommunicating with the spaces between said panels, and means for openingand closing said doors, consisting of rods or bars pivotally connectedtherewith and extending upwardly and inwardly into the skylight,supplemental rods or bars pivotally connected with the inner ends ofsaid first-named rods or bars and extending downwardly through thebottom of the skylight-frame, and a looking device or devices operatingin connection with the supplemental rods to hold the door in a closedposition, substantially as shown and described.

2. A skylight, comprising a suitable frame, and provided at each sidewith two separate rows of downwardly-inclined panels, one arranged aboveanother, the lower panels being provided with ports or passages,openings in the sides of the frame communicating with the spaces betweensaid panels, doors for closing said openings, rods pivotally connectedwith said doors and extending inwardly and upwardly into the frame, andother rods connected with the inner ends of the first-named rods andextending downwardly through the bottom of the frame, substantially asshown and described.

3. In a skylight,a frame provided with openings in the ends and sidesthereof, and doors for closing said openings, two horizontally-arrangedand downwardly-inclined sets of panels in the top thereof whereby spacesare formed between said panels with which said openings in the sides ofthe frame communicate, rods or bars connected with said doors andextending inwardly and upwardly into the frame, and other rods or barspivotally connected with the inner ends of the firstnamed rods or bars,and extending downwardly through the frame, and a lock operating inconnection with the last-named rod for holding the doors in a closedposition, substantially as shown and described.

4. A skylight, comprising a frame provided at each side with twodownwardly-inclined sets of panels forming the roof of the skylight, andbetween which are spaces, the panels of the lower set being providedwith ports or passages, openings in the sides of the frame communicatingwith said ports or passages, doors for closing said openings, said doorson the opposite sides being all connected, rods or bars connected withsaid doors and extending inwardly and upwardly into the frame, and otherrods or bars connected with the inner ends of the last-named rods orbars and extending downwardly through the bottom of the frame wherebythe doors may be closed and opened, substantially as shown anddescribed.

5. A skylight, comprising a frame provided at each side with twodownwardly-inclined sets of panels forming the roof of the skylight, andbetween which are spaces, the panels of the lower set being providedwith ports or passages, openings in the sides of the frame communicatingwith saidporls or passages,

doors for closing said openings, said doors in the opposite sides beingall connected, rods or bars connected with said doors and extendinginwardly and upwardly into the frame, and other rods or bars connectedwith the inner ends of the last-named rods or bars and extendingdownwardly through the bottom of the frame whereby the doors may beclosed and opened, said frame being also provided with guides for thelast-named rods or bars and locks for holding the doors in a closedposition, substantially as shown and described.

6. A skylight, comprising a frame having openings in the sides and ends,hinged doors for closing said openings, rods pivotally connected withthe doors which close the side openings and extending inwardly andupwardly into the frame, other rods pivotally connected with the innerends of the firstnamed rods and projecting downwardly through the frame,whereby the side doors may be opened and closed, rods connected with thedoors which close the end openings and extending upwardly into theframe, a single horizontal rod connected with the inner ends of saidlast-named rods, and another rod connected centrally with saidhorizontal rod and extending downwardly through the frame, substantiallyas shown and described.

JOHN SMITH.

Witnesses: HENRY M. SANDERS,

I STEPHAN KALDROVIOS.

